It's probably because Firefox isn't set as the default browser. For example, if you set a browser other than IE as default, you can't access Metro IE.

Facebook is bl0cked in China.

That's not related to the article at all. Also, old: http://gizmodo.com/5945008/apple-totally-stole-the-design-of-the-ios-6-ipad-clock

So, where did this GIF and illusion come from? Will there be a source link?

Arrested Development reference, nice.

That's the same thing that happened last year: everyone (in tech media) thought the 4S was boring, but hordes of people went out and bought it.

How do you make a laptop? :~)

So CrackBerry and N4BB aren't "actual insiders"? They never say it's an "old mock up".

But not a NANO-sim. That's what we're talking about here.

From the source: "So the smart notebook uses specially formatted paper that allows it to work with Evernote... The notebook also comes with special stickers, which tell the app the notebook (the virtual kind) where each page should be saved."

But it doesn't run on 3G. Only Wi-Fi.

I see it too, nice catch!

"You are part of a news site, do newspaper writers post their opinions about how they supported the holocaust? No! You keep that shit to yourself."

You can just use the desktop. Metro apps are more like fullscreen OS X apps, but the desktop is still there, and works the same way as before.

Try it again. The Developer Preview was awful, but since the Consumer Preview I've been using Windows 8 as my main OS.

No. Metro apps are sandboxed, you can't drag and drop anything onto them.

Windows 8 is easier for multilingual users: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/21/using-the-language-you-want.aspx

Mostly because it's faster: http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-vs-windows-7-benchmarked_p2-7000002671/

Exactly. Strangely Windows 8 works better with a mouse than with a touchpad, but it works better on smaller screens - like, say, a laptop screen.

SSD still isn't the norm, though, so boot times do count.